Hadn't you better bring matters to a close if you can, and let the Director know?
Love from us both, NANCY ELLEN.
Kate sat very still, holding this letter in her hand, when John Jardine came up and sat beside her.

She looked at him closely.

He was quite as good looking as his mother thought him, in a brawny masculine way; but Kate was not seeking the last word in mental or physical refinement.
She was rather brawny herself, and perfectly aware of the fact.

She wanted intensely to learn all she could, she disliked the idea that any woman should have more stored in her head than she, but she had no time to study minute social graces and customs.

She wanted to be kind, to be polite, but she told Mrs.Jardine flatly the "she didn't give a flip about being overly nice," which was the exact truth.